On Friday and Saturday, November 25 and 26, the Davis Cup semi-finals took place.
The Australian team beat Croatia, and Canada defeated Italy.
Davis Cup. 1/2 finals
Hard indoors
Australia – Croatia – 2:1
Thanasi Kokkinakis – Borna Chorych – 4:6, 3:6
Alex De Minaur – Marin Cilic – 6:2, 6:2
Max Purcell / Jordan Thompson – Nikola Mektych / Mate Pavych – 6:7 (3:7), 7:5, 6:4
Italy – Canada – 1:2
Lorenzo Sonego – Denys Shapovalov – 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (5:7), 6:4
Lorenzo Muzetti – Felix Auger-Alyassim – 3:6, 4:6
Matteo Berrettini / Fabi Fognini – Felix Auger-Alyassim / Vašek Pospišil – 6:7 (2:7), 5:7
Today, November 27, Canada and Australia will play in the final. The first match of the fight will start at 14:00 Kyiv time. The tournament takes place in Malaga (Spain).
Note that for the first time since 1990, there will be no team from Europe in the Davis Cup final.
Australia captain Alex de Minaur commented emotionally on the team’s progress to the final:
“This team has big balls. Davis Cup Final! wrote the Australian on social media.
The 2022 Davis Cup Final is SET🔥@TennisCanada 🇨🇦 v 🇦🇺 @TennisAustralia #DavisCup #byRakuten pic.twitter.com/KVH41P3PLC
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 26, 2022
The Canadian Golden Era 🌟
In 2019 @tenniscanada made their Davis Cup Final debut, three years later, they’re in it AGAIN 💪#DavisCup #byRakuten | @felixtennis @VasekPospisil pic.twitter.com/laTAtjXDbe
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 26, 2022
1️⃣9️⃣ YEARS LATER!
Australia defeat Croatia 2-1 to book their place in the Final for the first time since 2003 👏#DavisCup #byRakuten | @TennisAustralia pic.twitter.com/bBhMiHOv9A
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 25, 2022